Eko Devices

Eko Devices, a startup founded by three campus alumni, will launch Duo — a digital stethoscope and electrocardiogram that can record a patient’s heart sounds and rhythms in the comfort of their own homes — this fall.

A group of UC Berkeley students launched what they call the first-ever student-run health tech incubator Thursday at the office of Downtown Berkeley’s Skydeck, which fosters campus startups.

Family doctors’ iPhones may soon be incorporated into regular check ups to help monitor and detect heart conditions, thanks to a new startup company run by UC Berkeley students.

If its plethora of successful entrepreneurs over the past few years is any indication, UC Berkeley is becoming a hotbed of innovation.